ANATOLIA: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, speaking at COP31, has demanded that the United States and Israel be held accountable for causing environmental damage to Iran.
Addressing the conference, Pezeshkian said the attacks caused Iran massive human, economic and environmental losses. He warned that the effects of targeting natural resources could last for generations.
Pezeshkian said such actions could also undermine global efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
He added that protected natural areas and centres of environmental rangers in Iran were also targeted.
He called for an effective global mechanism to document environmental damage caused by military aggression and hold those responsible to account.
He said Iran’s renewable energy generation capacity has grown despite sanctions.
Qalibaf Sets Out Iran’s Demands
Meanwhile, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said Iran wants peace and does not seek to continue the war, but the US must accept Iran’s demands.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, he said Tehran has given Washington a clear and transparent response on its demands, but the US has yet to formally reply to Iran’s message.
Qalibaf said Iran’s seven demands include new conditions on the Strait of Hormuz. He said the strait will not return to its pre-war status, and its future will be decided under a consensus between Iran and Oman on a maritime traffic system.
He said a key clause of the memorandum of understanding is ending the war against the Resistance Front.
He warned that if the US or Israel resumed the war, Iran would confront both together.